Weeksville Heritage Center
Log Number: MH-00-09-0020-09
In preparation for the opening of its new Education and Cultural Arts Building in 2011, the Weeksville Heritage Center will promote from within to establish a new department and the new position of director of preservation and collections. A fully functioning department of Preservation and Collections will result in a greater focus on historic preservation, collections, and preservation education for the community while dramatically increasing the use of objects and artifacts in the interpretation of this site"one of the first free African American communities in the nation. IMLS funds will also support graduate education courses for the senior education programs curator at Bank Street College.